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[unable to retrieve full-text content]NFL announces it will hold 2024 regular-season game in Sao Paolo, Brazil  Yahoo Sports Source link

LAS VEGAS — Orlando Magic rookie Paolo Banchero was satisfied with what he was hearing leading up to the 2022 NBA draft. “Just all the stuff that was being put out there was that I was going No. 3 to Houston,” Banchero told Yahoo Sports after he was shut down from Summer League competition after two games. “That’s kind of where my mind was at, and I was fine with it. I was going to be happy wherever I ended up because I knew at the end of the day I would be fine. But in Houston, I… Source link

Paolo Banchero‘s Summer League is done. Orlando Magic head coach Jamahl Mosley told reporters on Monday that he’s seen enough of the No. 1 pick and wants to put his minutes to use elsewhere. “I want to give these other guys an opportunity to play, to kind of be able to show what they’re capable of doing,” Mosley said, per the Associated Press. “That’s the point of Summer League, you know — give them a chance … an opportunity for these other guys to see what they’re capable of… Source link

LAS VEGAS — The third day of of the Las Vegas Summer League started out with a bang as two top-five draft picks squared off. It was the Paolo Banchero (No. 1 pick) and Keegan Murray (No. 4 pick) show, and it lived up to every expectation and then some. The game needed sudden-death double overtime and Banchero’s Orlando Magic secured the win, 94-92, over the Sacramento Kings in the main gym at the Thomas & Mack Center. The Magic had a comfortable 18-point lead with 5:26 left in the game…. Source link

NEW YORK — Paolo Banchero, Chet Holmgren and Jabari Smith were the big winners Thursday night, going Nos. 1-3 in the 2022 NBA draft. The Orlando Magic had the No. 1 pick for the first time since 2004 and selected Duke’s Banchero, making him the second No. 1 pick from Duke in the past four years (Zion Williamson went No. 1 in 2019). Oklahoma City remained patient with its rebuild, adding the most polarizing player in the draft, 7-foot-1, 195-pound center Chet Holmgren, and Jabari Smith is… Source link

NEW YORK — The Orlando Magic selected Duke forward Paolo Banchero with the first pick in the 2022 NBA draft on Thursday night. After weeks of Auburn’s Jabari Smith being projected as the consensus top pick, the Magic shocked everyone by selecting Banchero. Banchero is the second No. 1 pick in the last four years for the Blue Devils (Zion Williamson went No. 1 to the New Orleans Pelicans in 2019), and the fifth top overall pick in program history. Banchero, a 6-foot-10, 250-pound forward,… Source link

Samba TV Partners With Disney, iSpot Acquires Tunity as Networks Prioritize Sports Streaming Measurement By Andrew Cohen March 3, 2022 A pair of streaming audience analysis companies, Samba TV and iSpot, made significant moves this week. Samba TV has partnered with Disney to measure audiences across its platforms, including ESPN and ESPN+, while iSpot acquired Tunity. Both Samba TV and iSpot serve as digital-focused alternatives to traditional Nielsen ratings, as networks… Source link

Duke Blue Devils forward Paolo Banchero (5) and Gonzaga forward Chet Holmgren (34) have signed NIL … [+] deals with Yahoo Sports (Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Yahoo Sports is announcing it has signed Gonzaga’s Chet Holmgren and Duke’s Paolo Banchero to name, image and likeness deals to support its Yahoo Sports Tourney Pick’em bracket game. These are the first NIL deals for the promotion of… Source link

Selection Sunday is less than three weeks away, and NBA scouts are gearing up to see top draft prospects on the biggest college basketball stage. Auburn forward Jabari Smith has taken over the top spot after a strong showing in February. He’s combined for 59 points in two games, including 11 3-pointers, making him the best shooting big man in this draft class and a complete triple threat on offense. NBA scouts have flocked to Lexington, Kentucky, to get eyes on Shaedon Sharpe, who is sitting… Source link